Social Security COLA 2025 Increase Is Here

What Is a Social Security COLA and How Can It Affect Your Retirement Plan in 2025?
Each year, tens of millions of retirees collecting Social Security benefits anxiously await the upcoming COLA, or cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA). The COLA is a pivotal part of the Social Security program that reflects the next year's increase in Social Security benefits.
The 2025 Social Security COLA Was Announced in October. Here's What That Means for Retirees.
Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is based on third-quarter inflation data, so it was officially announced in October when the last of the official CPI data from the third quarter was released.
Social Security Disability Insurance January 2025: Your First Increased Check Is Coming Soon
SSDI recipients will soon see an increase to their benefits checks when the 2025 COLA goes into effect this January.
Social Security 2025: When 2.5% COLA benefits increase in payments starts
Social Security retirement and disability benefits for 2025 will start to roll out for millions of Americans as early as Tuesday and throughout January. Why it matters: Benefits increase by 2.5% and about $50 a month but it's the lowest benefit increase in recent years.
What to know about Social Security's December and January 2025 payments
Social Security beneficiaries have some changes coming in December and January, due to quirks of the calendar and a payment hike.
Increased Social Security Payment of Up to $967 to Be Paid This Week
This is the first week in which boosted benefits are set to be distributed thanks to the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), which increases payments every year so that purchasing power is not eroded. In October, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a 2.5 percent boost to all benefits issued in 2025.
Social Security checks increasing for COLA adjustment
The Cost of Living Adjustment is rising in 2025, which will change the amount of money people will receive in their Social Security checks.
Social Security's full retirement age is increasing in 2025: What to know
The full retirement age for Social Security is set to increase in 2025, with the age for new retirees to claim and receive their full benefit rising to 66 years and 10 months.
Social Security Benefits Are Shrinking
Social Security benefits are shrinking relative to Medicare premium increases, leaving older adults with less cash at the end of the month.
The Social Security COLA 2025 Increase Is Here: Here's When to Expect Your Boosted Check
The Social Security COLA increase for 2025 is finally here, and so is your boosted benefits check. Here's when you can expect it.
6 Social Security Changes That Take Effect Today
A half-dozen changes, concerning everything from Social Security checks to the payroll tax select workers will owe, are now ...
5 Social Security changes retirees and workers should know in 2025
Workers will have to earn a little bit more to earn their 2025 Social Security work credits, and that's not the only change this year.
Major changes coming to Social Security regardless of Trump’s presence
Here’s a rundown of four shifts to Social Security benefits you can prepare for ahead of the holidays, largely due to ...
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5 2025 Social Security Rules That Take Effect Today
Technically, the Social Security Administration first applied the 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to the December 2024 benefit. But since the Social Security Administration pays ...